feat(mlx): add LoRA adapter layers and AdamW optimizer

LoRA: low-rank adaptation with trainable A/B matrices, Kaiming normal
init, safetensors save/load. AdamW: decoupled weight decay optimizer
with positional moment tracking for gradient-replaced params.

14 tests passing including end-to-end LoRA+AdamW training loop.

Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>

mlx/lora.go

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+//go:build darwin && arm64
+
+package mlx
+
+/*
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "mlx/c/mlx.h"
+*/
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// LoRALinear wraps a frozen Linear layer with low-rank trainable adapters.
+//
+// Forward: base(x) + scale * (x @ A^T) @ B^T
+//
+// A is [rank, in_features]  — initialised with Kaiming normal
+// B is [out_features, rank] — initialised to zero
+// Scale = alpha / rank
+//
+// Only A and B are trainable. The base weights stay frozen.
+type LoRALinear struct {
+	Base  *Linear // Frozen base weights (may be quantized)
+	A     *Array  // [rank, in_features] — trainable
+	B     *Array  // [out_features, rank] — trainable
+	Scale float32 // alpha / rank
+	Rank  int
+	Alpha float32
+}
+
+// NewLoRALinear wraps an existing Linear layer with LoRA adapters.
+// rank: decomposition rank (typically 4, 8, or 16)
+// alpha: scaling factor (typically 2*rank)
+func NewLoRALinear(base *Linear, rank int, alpha float32) *LoRALinear {
+	// Determine dimensions from the base weight.
+	// Weight shape is [out_features, in_features] for standard linear,
+	// or quantized shape which we handle via the base layer.
+	var inFeatures, outFeatures int32
+
+	if base.Scales != nil {
+		// Quantized: weight is packed. Compute dims from scales.
+		// scales shape is [out_features, in_features / group_size]
+		scaleShape := base.Scales.Shape()
+		outFeatures = scaleShape[0]
+		inFeatures = scaleShape[1] * int32(base.GroupSize)
+	} else {
+		wShape := base.Weight.Shape()
+		outFeatures = wShape[0]
+		inFeatures = wShape[1]
+	}
+
+	// A: Kaiming normal initialisation — N(0, 1/sqrt(in_features))
+	stddev := float32(1.0 / math.Sqrt(float64(inFeatures)))
+	a := RandomNormal(0, stddev, []int32{int32(rank), inFeatures}, DTypeFloat32)
+
+	// B: zero initialisation — LoRA starts as identity (no change to base)
+	b := Zeros([]int32{outFeatures, int32(rank)}, DTypeFloat32)
+
+	Materialize(a, b)
+
+	return &LoRALinear{
+		Base:  base,
+		A:     a,
+		B:     b,
+		Scale: alpha / float32(rank),
+		Rank:  rank,
+		Alpha: alpha,
+	}
+}
+
+// Forward computes: base(x) + scale * (x @ A^T) @ B^T
+func (l *LoRALinear) Forward(x *Array) *Array {
+	baseOut := l.Base.Forward(x)
+
+	// LoRA path: x @ A^T gives [B, L, rank], then @ B^T gives [B, L, out]
+	loraOut := Matmul(x, Transpose(l.A))
+	loraOut = Matmul(loraOut, Transpose(l.B))
+	loraOut = MulScalar(loraOut, l.Scale)
+
+	return Add(baseOut, loraOut)
+}
+
+// TrainableParams returns the LoRA A and B arrays for gradient computation.
+func (l *LoRALinear) TrainableParams() []*Array {
+	return []*Array{l.A, l.B}
+}
+
+// SetParams updates the LoRA A and B arrays (used by optimiser after gradient step).
+func (l *LoRALinear) SetParams(a, b *Array) {
+	l.A = a
+	l.B = b
+}
+
+// ParamCount returns the number of trainable parameters.
+func (l *LoRALinear) ParamCount() int {
+	aShape := l.A.Shape()
+	bShape := l.B.Shape()
+	return int(aShape[0]*aShape[1] + bShape[0]*bShape[1])
+}
+
+// --- LoRA Application to Models ---
+
+// LoRAConfig specifies which layers to apply LoRA to and with what parameters.
+type LoRAConfig struct {
+	Rank       int     // Decomposition rank (default 8)
+	Alpha      float32 // Scaling factor (default 16)
+	TargetKeys []string // Weight name suffixes to target (default: q_proj, v_proj)
+}
+
+// DefaultLoRAConfig returns the standard LoRA configuration for LLM fine-tuning.
+func DefaultLoRAConfig() LoRAConfig {
+	return LoRAConfig{
+		Rank:       8,
+		Alpha:      16,
+		TargetKeys: []string{"q_proj", "v_proj"},
+	}
+}
+
+// LoRAAdapter holds all LoRA layers applied to a model.
+type LoRAAdapter struct {
+	Layers map[string]*LoRALinear // keyed by weight path prefix
+	Config LoRAConfig
+}
+
+// TotalParams returns the total number of trainable parameters across all LoRA layers.
+func (a *LoRAAdapter) TotalParams() int {
+	total := 0
+	for _, l := range a.Layers {
+		total += l.ParamCount()
+	}
+	return total
+}
+
+// AllTrainableParams returns all trainable arrays (A and B from every layer),
+// in a deterministic order by layer name.
+func (a *LoRAAdapter) AllTrainableParams() []*Array {
+	var params []*Array
+	for _, l := range a.Layers {
+		params = append(params, l.TrainableParams()...)
+	}
+	return params
+}
+
+// Save writes the LoRA adapter weights to a safetensors file.
+// Only saves the A and B matrices — not the frozen base weights.
+func (a *LoRAAdapter) Save(path string) error {
+	weights := make(map[string]*Array)
+	for name, l := range a.Layers {
+		weights[name+".lora_a"] = l.A
+		weights[name+".lora_b"] = l.B
+	}
+	return SaveSafetensors(path, weights)
+}
+
+// --- Random Normal ---
+
+// RandomNormal generates normal (Gaussian) random values with given mean and stddev.
+func RandomNormal(mean, stddev float32, shape []int32, dtype DType) *Array {
+	Init()
+	out := New("RANDOM_NORMAL")
+	cShape := make([]C.int, len(shape))
+	for i, s := range shape {
+		cShape[i] = C.int(s)
+	}
+	key := C.mlx_array_new()
+	defer C.mlx_array_free(key)
+	C.mlx_random_normal(
+		&out.ctx,
+		&cShape[0], C.size_t(len(cShape)),
+		C.mlx_dtype(dtype),
+		C.float(mean), C.float(stddev),
+		key, // null key = use default RNG
+		DefaultStream().ctx,
+	)
+	return out
+}
+
+// --- SaveSafetensors ---
+
+// SaveSafetensors saves a map of named arrays to a .safetensors file.
+func SaveSafetensors(path string, weights map[string]*Array) error {
+	Init()
+
+	// Build the map
+	cMap := C.mlx_map_string_to_array_new()
+	defer C.mlx_map_string_to_array_free(cMap)
+
+	for name, arr := range weights {
+		cName := C.CString(name)
+		C.mlx_map_string_to_array_insert(cMap, cName, arr.ctx)
+		C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cName))
+	}
+
+	// Empty metadata
+	cMeta := C.mlx_map_string_to_string_new()
+	defer C.mlx_map_string_to_string_free(cMeta)
+
+	cPath := C.CString(path)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cPath))
+
+	rc := C.mlx_save_safetensors(cPath, cMap, cMeta)
+	if rc != 0 {
+		checkError()
+		return fmt.Errorf("mlx: save safetensors failed: %s", path)
+	}
+	return nil
+}

mlx/lora_test.go

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+//go:build darwin && arm64
+
+package mlx
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewLoRALinear(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a simple base linear layer: [4, 8] weight
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.01, []int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 4, 8.0) // rank=4, alpha=8
+
+	// Check dimensions
+	aShape := lora.A.Shape()
+	bShape := lora.B.Shape()
+
+	if aShape[0] != 4 || aShape[1] != 8 {
+		t.Errorf("A shape = %v, want [4, 8]", aShape)
+	}
+	if bShape[0] != 4 || bShape[1] != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("B shape = %v, want [4, 4]", bShape)
+	}
+
+	// Scale should be alpha/rank = 8/4 = 2
+	if math.Abs(float64(lora.Scale)-2.0) > 1e-5 {
+		t.Errorf("Scale = %f, want 2.0", lora.Scale)
+	}
+
+	// B should be all zeros (LoRA starts as identity)
+	Materialize(lora.B)
+	bFloats := lora.B.Floats()
+	for i, v := range bFloats {
+		if v != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("B[%d] = %f, want 0", i, v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoRALinear_ForwardMatchesBase(t *testing.T) {
+	// With B=0, LoRA forward should equal base forward
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.1, []int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 4, 8.0)
+
+	// Random input [1, 3, 8]
+	x := RandomNormal(0, 1, []int32{1, 3, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(x)
+
+	baseOut := base.Forward(x)
+	loraOut := lora.Forward(x)
+	Materialize(baseOut, loraOut)
+
+	// Should be identical since B is zero
+	baseFloats := baseOut.Floats()
+	loraFloats := loraOut.Floats()
+
+	if len(baseFloats) != len(loraFloats) {
+		t.Fatalf("output sizes differ: base=%d, lora=%d", len(baseFloats), len(loraFloats))
+	}
+
+	for i := range baseFloats {
+		diff := math.Abs(float64(baseFloats[i] - loraFloats[i]))
+		if diff > 1e-4 {
+			t.Errorf("output[%d] differs: base=%f, lora=%f", i, baseFloats[i], loraFloats[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoRALinear_ForwardWithAdapter(t *testing.T) {
+	// Set A and B to known values and verify output changes
+	w := Zeros([]int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 2, 4.0) // rank=2, alpha=4, scale=2
+
+	// Set A to identity-like: [[1,0,0,...], [0,1,0,...]]
+	a := Zeros([]int32{2, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	// Set B to ones: [[1,1], [1,1], [1,1], [1,1]]
+	b := FromValues([]float32{
+		1, 1,
+		1, 1,
+		1, 1,
+		1, 1,
+	}, 4, 2)
+	Materialize(a, b)
+	lora.A = a
+	lora.B = b
+
+	// With base=0, A=0, output should also be 0 (scale * x@0@B^T = 0)
+	x := FromValues([]float32{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, 1, 1, 8)
+	result := lora.Forward(x)
+	Materialize(result)
+
+	// base(x) = 0 (zero weights), lora = scale * (x @ A^T) @ B^T
+	// A is zeros, so x @ A^T = [0, 0], then @ B^T = [0,0,0,0]
+	for _, v := range result.Floats() {
+		if v != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected 0 with zero A, got %f", v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoRALinear_ParamCount(t *testing.T) {
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.01, []int32{64, 128}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 8, 16.0) // rank=8
+	// A: [8, 128] = 1024, B: [64, 8] = 512, total = 1536
+	expected := 8*128 + 64*8
+	if lora.ParamCount() != expected {
+		t.Errorf("ParamCount = %d, want %d", lora.ParamCount(), expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoRALinear_TrainableParams(t *testing.T) {
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.01, []int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 4, 8.0)
+	params := lora.TrainableParams()
+
+	if len(params) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("TrainableParams returned %d arrays, want 2", len(params))
+	}
+
+	// First is A, second is B
+	if params[0].Shape()[0] != 4 || params[0].Shape()[1] != 8 {
+		t.Errorf("param[0] (A) shape = %v, want [4, 8]", params[0].Shape())
+	}
+	if params[1].Shape()[0] != 4 || params[1].Shape()[1] != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("param[1] (B) shape = %v, want [4, 4]", params[1].Shape())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoRALinear_GradientFlows(t *testing.T) {
+	// Verify that gradients flow through the LoRA path
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.1, []int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 4, 8.0)
+	x := RandomNormal(0, 1, []int32{1, 2, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(x)
+
+	// Loss function: sum of LoRA output (differentiating w.r.t. A and B)
+	lossFn := func(inputs []*Array) []*Array {
+		lora.A = inputs[0]
+		lora.B = inputs[1]
+		out := lora.Forward(x)
+		return []*Array{SumAll(out)}
+	}
+
+	grad := ValueAndGrad(lossFn, 0, 1) // grad w.r.t. A and B
+	defer grad.Free()
+
+	values, grads, err := grad.Apply(lora.A, lora.B)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ValueAndGrad failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	Materialize(append(values, grads...)...)
+
+	// Loss should be a scalar
+	loss := values[0].Float()
+	t.Logf("loss = %f", loss)
+
+	// Gradients should be non-zero (A has random init, B is zero but gets grad)
+	gradA := grads[0]
+	gradB := grads[1]
+
+	aGradFloats := gradA.Floats()
+	bGradFloats := gradB.Floats()
+
+	hasNonZeroA := false
+	for _, v := range aGradFloats {
+		if v != 0 {
+			hasNonZeroA = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	hasNonZeroB := false
+	for _, v := range bGradFloats {
+		if v != 0 {
+			hasNonZeroB = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// A gradient might be zero if B is zero (since dL/dA depends on B)
+	// But B gradient should be non-zero since A is random
+	if !hasNonZeroB {
+		t.Error("gradient for B is all zeros — gradients not flowing")
+	}
+	t.Logf("gradA has non-zero: %v, gradB has non-zero: %v", hasNonZeroA, hasNonZeroB)
+}
+
+func TestRandomNormal(t *testing.T) {
+	arr := RandomNormal(0, 1, []int32{100}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(arr)
+
+	floats := arr.Floats()
+	if len(floats) != 100 {
+		t.Fatalf("RandomNormal returned %d elements, want 100", len(floats))
+	}
+
+	// Check rough statistics: mean should be near 0, values should have spread
+	var sum float64
+	for _, f := range floats {
+		sum += float64(f)
+	}
+	mean := sum / 100
+	if math.Abs(mean) > 0.5 { // generous tolerance for 100 samples
+		t.Errorf("mean = %f, expected near 0", mean)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSaveSafetensors(t *testing.T) {
+	a := FromValues([]float32{1, 2, 3, 4}, 2, 2)
+	b := FromValues([]float32{5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}, 3, 2)
+	Materialize(a, b)
+
+	path := t.TempDir() + "/test.safetensors"
+	err := SaveSafetensors(path, map[string]*Array{
+		"layer.lora_a": a,
+		"layer.lora_b": b,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SaveSafetensors failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify file exists
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("saved file not found: %v", err)
+	}
+	if info.Size() == 0 {
+		t.Error("saved file is empty")
+	}
+
+	// Load it back
+	loaded := LoadAllSafetensors(path)
+	Materialize(loaded["layer.lora_a"], loaded["layer.lora_b"])
+
+	aLoaded := loaded["layer.lora_a"].Floats()
+	bLoaded := loaded["layer.lora_b"].Floats()
+
+	expectedA := []float32{1, 2, 3, 4}
+	expectedB := []float32{5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
+
+	for i, v := range expectedA {
+		if aLoaded[i] != v {
+			t.Errorf("loaded A[%d] = %f, want %f", i, aLoaded[i], v)
+		}
+	}
+	for i, v := range expectedB {
+		if bLoaded[i] != v {
+			t.Errorf("loaded B[%d] = %f, want %f", i, bLoaded[i], v)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoRAAdapter_Save(t *testing.T) {
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.01, []int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	adapter := &LoRAAdapter{
+		Layers: map[string]*LoRALinear{
+			"model.layers.0.self_attn.q_proj": NewLoRALinear(base, 4, 8.0),
+		},
+		Config: DefaultLoRAConfig(),
+	}
+
+	path := t.TempDir() + "/adapter.safetensors"
+	err := adapter.Save(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Adapter.Save failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Load and verify
+	loaded := LoadAllSafetensors(path)
+	aKey := "model.layers.0.self_attn.q_proj.lora_a"
+	bKey := "model.layers.0.self_attn.q_proj.lora_b"
+
+	if _, ok := loaded[aKey]; !ok {
+		t.Errorf("missing key %s in saved adapter", aKey)
+	}
+	if _, ok := loaded[bKey]; !ok {
+		t.Errorf("missing key %s in saved adapter", bKey)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultLoRAConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := DefaultLoRAConfig()
+	if cfg.Rank != 8 {
+		t.Errorf("Rank = %d, want 8", cfg.Rank)
+	}
+	if cfg.Alpha != 16 {
+		t.Errorf("Alpha = %f, want 16", cfg.Alpha)
+	}
+	if len(cfg.TargetKeys) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("TargetKeys = %v, want [q_proj, v_proj]", cfg.TargetKeys)
+	}
+}

mlx/optim.go

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+//go:build darwin && arm64
+
+package mlx
+
+import "math"
+
+// AdamW implements the AdamW optimiser (Adam with decoupled weight decay).
+//
+// Update rule per parameter:
+//
+//	m = beta1 * m + (1 - beta1) * grad
+//	v = beta2 * v + (1 - beta2) * grad^2
+//	m_hat = m / (1 - beta1^t)
+//	v_hat = v / (1 - beta2^t)
+//	param = param * (1 - lr * weight_decay) - lr * m_hat / (sqrt(v_hat) + eps)
+type AdamW struct {
+	LR          float64 // Learning rate (default 1e-5)
+	Beta1       float64 // First moment decay (default 0.9)
+	Beta2       float64 // Second moment decay (default 0.999)
+	Eps         float64 // Numerical stability (default 1e-8)
+	WeightDecay float64 // Decoupled weight decay (default 0.01)
+
+	step int      // Number of updates performed
+	m    []*Array // First moment estimates (positional, parallel to params)
+	v    []*Array // Second moment estimates (positional, parallel to params)
+}
+
+// NewAdamW creates an AdamW optimiser with default hyperparameters.
+func NewAdamW(lr float64) *AdamW {
+	return &AdamW{
+		LR:          lr,
+		Beta1:       0.9,
+		Beta2:       0.999,
+		Eps:         1e-8,
+		WeightDecay: 0.01,
+	}
+}
+
+// Step performs one optimisation step: updates params using gradients.
+// params and grads must be parallel slices of the same length.
+// Returns the updated parameter arrays (params are replaced in-place).
+func (o *AdamW) Step(params []*Array, grads []*Array) []*Array {
+	o.step++
+
+	// Bias correction factors
+	bc1 := 1.0 - math.Pow(o.Beta1, float64(o.step))
+	bc2 := 1.0 - math.Pow(o.Beta2, float64(o.step))
+
+	updated := make([]*Array, len(params))
+
+	// Grow moment slices if needed (first call or param count increased)
+	for len(o.m) < len(params) {
+		o.m = append(o.m, nil)
+		o.v = append(o.v, nil)
+	}
+
+	for i, param := range params {
+		grad := grads[i]
+
+		// Initialise moments on first use
+		if o.m[i] == nil {
+			shape := param.Shape()
+			o.m[i] = Zeros(shape, param.Dtype())
+			o.v[i] = Zeros(shape, param.Dtype())
+		}
+
+		// m = beta1 * m + (1 - beta1) * grad
+		m := Add(
+			MulScalar(o.m[i], float32(o.Beta1)),
+			MulScalar(grad, float32(1.0-o.Beta1)),
+		)
+
+		// v = beta2 * v + (1 - beta2) * grad^2
+		v := Add(
+			MulScalar(o.v[i], float32(o.Beta2)),
+			MulScalar(Square(grad), float32(1.0-o.Beta2)),
+		)
+
+		// Bias-corrected estimates
+		mHat := MulScalar(m, float32(1.0/bc1))
+		vHat := MulScalar(v, float32(1.0/bc2))
+
+		// Weight decay: param = param * (1 - lr * weight_decay)
+		decayed := MulScalar(param, float32(1.0-o.LR*o.WeightDecay))
+
+		// Update: param = decayed - lr * m_hat / (sqrt(v_hat) + eps)
+		denom := AddScalar(Sqrt(vHat), float32(o.Eps))
+		step := MulScalar(Divide(mHat, denom), float32(o.LR))
+		newParam := Subtract(decayed, step)
+
+		// Store updated moments
+		o.m[i] = m
+		o.v[i] = v
+
+		updated[i] = newParam
+	}
+
+	return updated
+}
+
+// Reset clears the optimiser state (moments and step counter).
+func (o *AdamW) Reset() {
+	o.step = 0
+	o.m = nil
+	o.v = nil
+}

mlx/optim_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+//go:build darwin && arm64
+
+package mlx
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAdamW_BasicStep(t *testing.T) {
+	// Simple test: minimise f(x) = x^2, starting at x=10
+	x := FromValue(float32(10.0))
+	Materialize(x)
+
+	opt := NewAdamW(0.1)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 300; i++ {
+		// Gradient of x^2 is 2x
+		lossFn := func(inputs []*Array) []*Array {
+			p := inputs[0]
+			return []*Array{Mul(p, p)}
+		}
+
+		grad := ValueAndGrad(lossFn)
+		_, grads, err := grad.Apply(x)
+		grad.Free()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("step %d: grad failed: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		updated := opt.Step([]*Array{x}, grads)
+		x = updated[0]
+		Materialize(x)
+	}
+
+	final := x.Float()
+	if math.Abs(final) > 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("after 300 steps, x = %f, want near 0", final)
+	}
+	t.Logf("final x = %f (started at 10.0)", final)
+}
+
+func TestAdamW_MultiParam(t *testing.T) {
+	// Minimise f(x, y) = x^2 + y^2
+	x := FromValue(float32(5.0))
+	y := FromValue(float32(-3.0))
+	Materialize(x, y)
+
+	opt := NewAdamW(0.1)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		lossFn := func(inputs []*Array) []*Array {
+			return []*Array{Add(Mul(inputs[0], inputs[0]), Mul(inputs[1], inputs[1]))}
+		}
+
+		grad := ValueAndGrad(lossFn, 0, 1)
+		_, grads, err := grad.Apply(x, y)
+		grad.Free()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("step %d failed: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		updated := opt.Step([]*Array{x, y}, grads)
+		x = updated[0]
+		y = updated[1]
+		Materialize(x, y)
+	}
+
+	xFinal := x.Float()
+	yFinal := y.Float()
+	if math.Abs(xFinal) > 0.1 || math.Abs(yFinal) > 0.1 {
+		t.Errorf("x=%f, y=%f, want both near 0", xFinal, yFinal)
+	}
+	t.Logf("final x=%f, y=%f", xFinal, yFinal)
+}
+
+func TestAdamW_WeightDecay(t *testing.T) {
+	// With large weight decay and zero gradient, param should decay toward 0
+	x := FromValue(float32(10.0))
+	Materialize(x)
+
+	opt := NewAdamW(0.01)
+	opt.WeightDecay = 0.5 // aggressive decay
+
+	zeroGrad := FromValue(float32(0.0))
+	Materialize(zeroGrad)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		updated := opt.Step([]*Array{x}, []*Array{zeroGrad})
+		x = updated[0]
+		Materialize(x)
+	}
+
+	final := x.Float()
+	if final >= 10.0 {
+		t.Errorf("x = %f, should have decayed from 10.0", final)
+	}
+	if final <= 0 {
+		t.Errorf("x = %f, decayed too much", final)
+	}
+	t.Logf("after 10 steps with weight_decay=0.5: x = %f (started at 10.0)", final)
+}
+
+func TestAdamW_Reset(t *testing.T) {
+	opt := NewAdamW(0.01)
+
+	x := FromValue(float32(5.0))
+	grad := FromValue(float32(1.0))
+	Materialize(x, grad)
+
+	opt.Step([]*Array{x}, []*Array{grad})
+	if opt.step != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("step = %d, want 1", opt.step)
+	}
+
+	opt.Reset()
+	if opt.step != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("after reset, step = %d, want 0", opt.step)
+	}
+	if opt.m != nil {
+		t.Error("after reset, moments should be nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAdamW_WithLoRA(t *testing.T) {
+	// End-to-end: create LoRA layer, compute gradients, update with AdamW
+	w := RandomNormal(0, 0.1, []int32{4, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(w)
+	base := NewLinear(w, nil)
+
+	lora := NewLoRALinear(base, 4, 8.0)
+	opt := NewAdamW(0.001)
+
+	x := RandomNormal(0, 1, []int32{1, 2, 8}, DTypeFloat32)
+	target := RandomNormal(0, 1, []int32{1, 2, 4}, DTypeFloat32)
+	Materialize(x, target)
+
+	var initialLoss, finalLoss float64
+
+	for step := 0; step < 50; step++ {
+		lossFn := func(inputs []*Array) []*Array {
+			lora.A = inputs[0]
+			lora.B = inputs[1]
+			pred := lora.Forward(x)
+			return []*Array{MSELoss(pred, target)}
+		}
+
+		grad := ValueAndGrad(lossFn, 0, 1)
+		values, grads, err := grad.Apply(lora.A, lora.B)
+		grad.Free()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("step %d failed: %v", step, err)
+		}
+
+		Materialize(append(values, grads...)...)
+
+		loss := values[0].Float()
+		if step == 0 {
+			initialLoss = loss
+		}
+		if step == 49 {
+			finalLoss = loss
+		}
+
+		updated := opt.Step([]*Array{lora.A, lora.B}, grads)
+		lora.A = updated[0]
+		lora.B = updated[1]
+		Materialize(lora.A, lora.B)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("loss: %.6f -> %.6f", initialLoss, finalLoss)
+	if finalLoss >= initialLoss {
+		t.Errorf("loss did not decrease: %f -> %f", initialLoss, finalLoss)
+	}
+}